Blackmagic Design Mini Converter Optical Fiber 12G-SDI

I was excited for this product when i saw it was coming out cuz its super cheap compared to other fiber converters and it had a locking power supply (win win right?). However, when I opened the box I realized that there is no supplied locking power supply, you'll have to purchase that yourself! Additionally and even more frustrating is that it doesn't work right out of the box because it doesn't come with the fiber modules to connect your fiber cables. So now I have to go and purchase those as well. Blackmagic has come a long way in the past few years but they frustrate me so many times because of the lack of basic common sense. I understand wanting to make things affordable but don't cut things out that are just going to frustrate people. If you say you have a locking power supply, provide a locking power supply. If you're selling a product make sure it can work right out of the box! Or at the very least let your customer know, before they purchase something, that you're going to need additional equipment to make it work.

Works great! I purchased the recommend SFPs and had flawless signals at 1080P60 for 2+ weeks in broadcast video wall deployment. Locking power connectors are always a pro-level feature and I was glad to see they were included on this unit.

The Photo description says the convertor has LC fiber connections. It does not....it requires an SFP Optical module. The 12G module is .350. But if you don't need 12G you can by 3G or 6G modules quite a bit cheaper. I contacted to tell them about the description and they simply told me OK, sorry. I have not used these yet as I didn't have the needed parts. I can't comment on the functionality yet.